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‘All the Devils are Here’: A Storm of Movement and Story from Open Dance Project

Tarra Gaines·May 26, 2021

“These pitiful souls being tossed to and fro in the waves among you, their stories are mine as well,” decrees the magician Prospera in the Open Dance Project’s All the Devils are Here: A Tempest in the Galapagos.

Dance Houston

TX Lens: Ron Berry on his pandemic year and the Fusebox Future

Tarra Gaines·May 22, 2021

The pandemic may have forced the cancellation of this year’s Fusebox Festival, one of the nation’s largest annual interdisciplinary performing arts festivals, but the Austin organization continues to present and nurture artists.

Austin Dance Theater

Shaking Off the Dust: Houston Ballet Plans Their Fall Return

Nichelle Suzanne·May 21, 2021

Houston Ballet will return to the Wortham Theater Center this September for their 2021-2022 season.

Dance Houston

Garden Party: With Pilobolus in the Garden, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND returns to live, in-person performance

Lindsey Wilson·May 18, 2021

The dance company Pilobolus has many missions: to tell stories with the human form, to test the limits of human physicality, to explore the beauty and power of connected bodies.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company: 21 Years and Counting

Neil Ellis Orts·May 12, 2021

I’ve been watching the Austin-based Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company almost as long as it has existed.

Austin Dance

Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Three: Axiom, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble

Sherry Cheng·May 3, 2021

I caught up with musicians from nine distinctive ensembles in Houston to reflect on the past year and look to the future. In Part Three, I visited with the Axiom Quartet, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble.

Houston Music

Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Two: Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, Carya String Quartet

Sherry Cheng·May 3, 2021

In Part Two, I visited with Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, and Carya String Quartet.

Houston Music

Houston’s Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part One: Monarch Chamber Players, WindSync, and KINETIC

Sherry Cheng·May 3, 2021

Houston is home to numerous chamber music ensembles that have thrived alongside each other, carving out their own niches with unique visions of how to present music and connect with audiences.

Houston Music

Bruce Wood Dance Returns to Live performance

Lindsay Alissa King·April 30, 2021

For Bruce Wood Dance, March 2021 marked an important milestone: the company’s first experiment with what the world might look like post-pandemic.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Texas Vignette Pivots to Help Women Artists

Amy Bishop·April 18, 2021

El Paso-based artist Haydee Alonso was working as a manager in a gallery during March of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the space to close for an undetermined amount of time.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Drawing Parallels with Houston Contemporary Dance Matriarch Marlana Doyle

Nichelle Suzanne·April 9, 2021

“I mean, I’m exhausted most of the time,” laughs Marlana Doyle, founder and executive/artistic director of Houston Contemporary Dance Company (HCDC), who is also president and CEO of the Institute of Contemporary Dance (ICD).

Dance Houston

Embracing Connection: Diverse Arts Experiences at the Asia Society Texas Center

Sherry Cheng·April 9, 2021

What does the Asia Society do? That requires a lengthy answer.

Dance Film Houston Theater Visual Art

Visual Art

City in the Sky: Gyula Kosice at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Nothing is Ordinary: Hillerbrand+Magsamen at FotoFest

Forging Admiration: Art Worth encourages Fort Worth fans to see artists in their element

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Sharing the Same Rhythms: Cara Mía Theatre’s Latinidades Festival Returns to Dallas

Big Moves Ahead: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas Leans Into Legacy for 2025–26

Vision and Variety: Texas Performing Arts Celebrates International and Local Artists

Music

Sharing the Same Rhythms: Cara Mía Theatre’s Latinidades Festival Returns to Dallas

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Forging Admiration: Art Worth encourages Fort Worth fans to see artists in their element

Theater

Texas Studio: Amanda Reyes is Working through It Onstage

Sharing the Same Rhythms: Cara Mía Theatre’s Latinidades Festival Returns to Dallas

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

‘All the Devils are Here’: A Storm of Movement and Story from Open Dance Project

TX Lens: Ron Berry on his pandemic year and the Fusebox Future

Shaking Off the Dust: Houston Ballet Plans Their Fall Return

Garden Party: With Pilobolus in the Garden, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND returns to live, in-person performance

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company: 21 Years and Counting

Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Three: Axiom, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble

Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Two: Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, Carya String Quartet

Houston’s Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part One: Monarch Chamber Players, WindSync, and KINETIC

Bruce Wood Dance Returns to Live performance

Texas Vignette Pivots to Help Women Artists

Drawing Parallels with Houston Contemporary Dance Matriarch Marlana Doyle

Embracing Connection: Diverse Arts Experiences at the Asia Society Texas Center